CentOS - Mar 2014 - Desktop behaviour - click to raise

My C5, default Gnome desktop has recently changed behaviour, and I can't
 figure out how to restore the previous behaviour.

 Previously, clicking anywhere into a window raised it. Now, for the past
 few days, only clicking title bar or borders raises them.

 I logged off, completely wiped all destop settings, i.e. a whole bunch
 of .gnome* .gconf* .metacity etc. directories, even restarted X, and
 logged on again. No change. /apps/metacity/general/raise_on_click is
 enabled.

 The most baffling aspect is that click to raise works exactly as expected
 in vnc sessions.

 Any clues how to pursue this? Am I imagining it because my Linux desktop
 at home does click to raise? :)

From: Lars Hecking <lhecking at users.sourceforge.net>
> My C5, default Gnome desktop has recently changed behaviour, and I
can't
> figure out how to restore the previous behaviour.
> Previously, clicking anywhere into a window raised it. Now, for the past
> few days, only clicking title bar or borders raises them.
Maybe try to switch on auto-raise to see if it changes anything...

JD